DEFENCE EXPENDITURE AND ESTIMATES (Hansard, 31 July 1974)

§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE FOR THE ARMY (LORD BRAYLEY)

Information in the form requested up to 1968–69 is set out in Tables 1 and 2 below. Due to changes in the Vote structure detailed information on the actual net expenditure and on the net Estimates from 1969–70 onwards in the form requested is not available. Details of the net Estimates on the pattern of Annex B to the Statement on the Defence Estimates are however contained in Tables 4–6 and totals of actual net expenditure from 1969–70 onwards are shown in Table 3.

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TABLE 2
NET ESTIMATES PUBLISHED IN ANNEX B TO STATEMENTS ON DEFENCE
			£ million
	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63
1. Pay etc. Service Personnel	333	331	332
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	21	20	20
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	235	246	259
4. Movements	54	56	57
5. Supplies	137	131	137
6. Production and Research	651	659	705
7. Works, Building and Land	102	112	120
8. Miscellaneous Effective Services	18	19	24
9. Non-Effective Charges	79	82	67
10. Totals before Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,630	1,656	1,721
11. Totals after Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,618	1,656	1,721
			£ million
	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66
1. Pay etc. Service Personnel	361	392	410
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	20	21	24
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	251	259	275
4. Movements	56	56	57
5. Supplies	124	128	130
6. Production and Research	770	868	940
7. Works, Building and Land	171	181	187
8. Miscellaneous Effective Services	14	20	21
9. Non-Effective Charges	71	73	76
10. Totals before Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,838	1,998	2,120
11. Totals after Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,838	1,998	2,120
			£ million
	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69
1. Pay etc. Service Personnel	460	447	449
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	21	15	12
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	289	352†	425"
4. Movements	60	58	53
5. Supplies	130	126	151
6. Production and Research	926	891	852
7. Works, Building and Land	177	191	178
8. Miscellaneous Effective Services	23	30	41
9. Non-Effective Charges	86	95	110
10. Totals before Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	2,172	2,205	2,271
11. Totals after Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	2,172	2,205	2,271
* For accounting reasons it is not possible to sub-divide actual expenditure with complete accuracy into the headings used for Annex B of the annual Statements on Defence. The figures in the table are subject to this qualification.
† Includes pay (£42.5 m.) of directly employed civilians in Naval Dockyards and other Naval production establishments included under item 6 in previous years.
‡ Includes pay of directly employed civilians:
(1) in Naval Dockyards and other Naval production establishments as in 1967–68—£44m.
(2) in ROF's and other production establishments included under item 6 in previous years—£30m.
(3) on works services (non-industrials) included under item 7 in previous years—£24m.

TABLE 3
Actual Net Expenditure
					£ million
	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74
Total net expenditure	2,216	2,503	2,828	3,091	3,481*
* Provisional figure.

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TABLE 4
Net Estimates published in Annex B to Statements on Defence Estimates
		£ million
	1969–70	1970–71
1. Pay etc. of Service Personnel …	456	464
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	12	14
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	440*	475†
4. Movements	53	53
5. Supplies	160	187
6. Production and research	822	756
7. Works, building and land	157	169
8. Miscellaneous effective services	45	39
9. Non-effective charges	121	124
10. Totals	2,266	2.280‡
Notes;
* Includes pay of directly employed civilians totalling £81.71m. in Naval dockyards, ROFs and other production establishments and £42.99m. in R&D Establishments.
† Includes pay of directly employed civilians totalling £87.87m. in Naval dockyards, ROFs and other production establishments and £46.29m. in R&D Establishments.
‡ Difference between total (10) and sum of items (1 to 9) is due to rounding.

TABLE 5
Net Estimates published in Annex B to the Statement on Defence Estimates
	£ million
	1971–72*
1. Pay etc. of Service personnel	690
2. Pay etc. of Reserves …	17
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	523
4. Administrative Services, stores and supplies	416
5. Defence equipment and related stores	763
6. Retired pay, pensions etc	132
7. Total	2,545†‡
* The form of the Table is different in some respects to that of previous years in order to conform more closely to the reorganised Defence Vote structure.
†Includes estimated expenditure of £4.9m. by the AEA on defence research.
‡ Difference between total (7) and sum of items (1 to 6) is due to rounding.

TABLE 6
Net Estimates published in Statements on Defence Estimates* in 1972–73 and 1973–74 and Supply Estimates 1974–75
			£ million
	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75
1. Pay etc. of Service personnel	748	829	885
2. Retired pay, pensions etc	147	174	185
3. Pay etc. of civilian staff	523	584	654
4. Sea systems	230	290	315†
5. Land systems	133	172	280†
6. Air systems	330	440	622†
7. Guided Weapons and electronic systems	186	237	—
8. Other	85	108	125
9. Works buildings and land	177	201	213
10. Miscellaneous stores and services	295	330	388
11. Totals	2,854	3,365	3,667‡
* The form of this table is in line with the Annex in the Statements on Defence Estimates published since 1972–73 which divides the Estimates into principal headings i.e., Personnel, Equipment and Other costs.
†Includes expenditure previously shown under "7. Guided weapons and electronic systems.
‡ Total reduced by £55m. on 26th March after printing of Supply Estimates.

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TABLE 1
ACTUAL NET EXPENDITURE
			£ million*
	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63
1. Pay etc. of Service Personnel	340	335	346
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	20	19	19
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	247	258	271
4.Movements	55	59	58
5. Supplies	135	135	134
6. Production and Research	624	674	716
7.Works, Building and Land	96	100	116
8.Miscellaneous Effective Services	17	20	27
9.Non-Effective Charges	81	84	69
10. Totals before Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,615	1,684	1,756
11. Totals after Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,603	1,684	1,756
			£ million*
	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66
1. Pay etc. of Service Personnel	359	394	407
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	20	21	22
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	258	267	281
4. Movements	54	57	60
5. Supplies	130	129	128
6. Production and Research	730	809	888
7. Works, Building and Land	159	127	166
8. Miscellaneous Effective Services	28	21	24
9. Non-Effective Charges	71	73	76
10. Totals before Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,809	1,898	2,052
11. Totals after Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	1,809	1,898	2,052
			£ million*
	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69
1. Pay etc. of Service Personnel	460	455	475
2. Pay etc. of Reserves	22	12	12
3. Pay etc. of Civilians	299	377†	439†
4. Movements	61	60	54
5. Supplies	124	130	155
6. Production and Research	885	857	786
7. Works, Building and Land	177	217	159
8. Miscellaneous Effective Services	24	28	38
9. Non-Effective Charges	86	94	116
10. Totals before Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	2,138	2,230	2,234
11. Totals after Appropriation-in-Aid of Receipts from United States and Germany	2,138	2,230	2.234